Knowing the subject

With Knowing the subject, teacher educators need:

proficiency in the subject, such as communicating effectively in English
explicit knowledge about language systems, such as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation
subject–specific theoretical knowledge regarding teaching methods, student learning and assessment
knowledge of a wide range of current teaching and learning resources (print and digital) that are available in the subject area
awareness of key themes and findings in current research and professional debates in the subject area

Find useful resources

Challenge and Cognition: Increasing the level of challenge in teenage classes

Watch a recording of our webinar with Sarah Smith and Claire Steele, looking at increasing the level of challenge in the teenage classroom.

Challenge and Cognition: Increasing the level of challenge in teenage classes

Webinar

A black, female teacher and two learners from different ethnicities solving equations on the classroom board

TeachingEnglish podcast: How can I integrate global issues into my teaching?

Download the first episode, show notes and transcript from series 1 of our podcast 'British Council Teaching English'.

TeachingEnglish podcast: How can I integrate global issues into my teaching?

Podcast

English in higher education - challenges, opportunities, current practice and future trends

On 1 December 2021 we ran a 90-minute session looking at English in higher education.

English in higher education - challenges, opportunities, current practice and future trends

Webinar

A black female learner wearing glasses working on her laptop

English and education - key themes

Watch these short five-minute videos based on British Council publications and understand more about key issues in English in education.

English and education - key themes

Article

A female learmer in the library removing a book from the shelf

Using children's literature as mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors in primary ELT

Watch a recording of the second in our webinar series 'Using literature with young learners and teenagers', with David Valente.

Using children's literature as mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors in primary ELT

Webinar

What are learning resources for teachers? How are they helpful?

This article explores how teacher educators can use learning resources for teachers.

What are learning resources for teachers? How are they helpful?

Article

A black man in a library looking at books

The significant 5 R’s in Vocabulary Teaching and Learning: Read, Review, Recycle, Reflect and Research.

ELT has witnessed significant improvement in classroom practices with the help of online teacher communities. (BC TeachingEnglish site, for example). From lesson plans to resources, creative ideas to teacher resilience stories, we constantly look forward to select ideas and modify them to mitigate our teaching style.

Let me pen down a few significant R’s that make Vocabulary Teaching and Learning interesting:

The significant 5 R’s in Vocabulary Teaching and Learning: Read, Review, Recycle, Reflect and Research.

A dictionary definition of the word learning

A Celebration of Language

ALL languages are important!

A Celebration of Language

Milica Vukadin - Environmental Education and Activism with Young Learners vs. Eco-anxiety: 5 Stages

Even though we currently have 17 sustainable development goals that reflect the global issues, we have an additional issue altogether: How can we introduce global issues to our learners without causing them to feel eco-anxiety?

Milica Vukadin - Environmental Education and Activism with Young Learners vs. Eco-anxiety: 5 Stages